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Austria

Currency code: 
Currency name: 
Euro
Country name: 
Austria
Capital: 
Vienna
Country code: 
Continent: 
Independence: 
November 12, 1918
Independent from: 
12 November 1918 republic proclaimed; notable earlier dates: 976 Margravate of Austria established; 17 September 1156 Duchy of Austria founded; 11 August 1804 Austrian Empire proclaimed
Total area: 
83,871
Land area: 
82,445
Water area: 
1,426
Population: 
8,221,646
Population note: 
8,221,646 (July 2013 est.)
Official language: 
German
All languages: 
German (official nationwide) 88.6%, Turkish 2.3%, Serbian 2.2%, Croatian (official in Burgenland) 1.6%, other (includes Slovene, official in Carinthia, and Hungarian, official in Burgenland) 5.3% (2001 census)
Time zone: 
CET (UTC+01) - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+02)
Drive on: 
Right
Calling code: 
+43
Domain: 
.at (.eu is also used.)